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Arthur H.
Kern was the founder who founded Worldwide Media Services Group, Inc. in 1990 and served as its Chief Executive Officer.
He also held the position of Chairman at American Media Management, Inc. from 1990 to 2022.
Mr. Kern's former jobs include serving as Vice Chairman at Environmental Defense Fund, Inc., Director at Digitas, Inc., and Director at various foundations such as UCSF Foundation, Prostate Cancer Foundation, and The Tiburon Peninsula Foundation.
He also served as an Independent Director at Yahoo!, Inc. from 2011 to 2012.
Mr. Kern received his undergraduate degree from Yale University.
Former positions of Arthur H. Kern
| Companies | Position | End |
|---|---|---|
| American Media Management, Inc. | Chairman | 2022-11-15 |
UCSF Foundation
 UCSF Foundation Investment Trusts/Mutual FundsMiscellaneous The UCSF Foundation promotes and supports the interests and welfare of the University of California San Francisco and the UCSF Medical Center. The UCSF Foundation’s daily operations are administered by a development staff responsible for major gifts, planned giving, corporate and foundation gifts, annual giving, development communications, alumni relations and campus events | Director/Board Member | 2022-11-15 |
| Prostate Cancer Foundation | Director/Board Member | 2022-11-15 |
| The Tiburon Peninsula Foundation | Director/Board Member | 2022-11-15 |
Yahoo!, Inc.
 Yahoo!, Inc. Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services Yahoo!, Inc. is a guide to digital information discovery, focused on informing, connecting, and entertaining users through its search, communications, and digital content products. It operates through the following geographical segments: Americas; Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA); and Asia Pacific. The company was founded by Jerry Chih-Yuan Yang and David Filo in January 1994 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA. | Director/Board Member | 2012-05-12 |
Training of Arthur H. Kern
| Yale University | Undergraduate Degree |
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| Private companies | 8 |
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Yahoo!, Inc.
Yahoo!, Inc. Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services Yahoo!, Inc. is a guide to digital information discovery, focused on informing, connecting, and entertaining users through its search, communications, and digital content products. It operates through the following geographical segments: Americas; Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA); and Asia Pacific. The company was founded by Jerry Chih-Yuan Yang and David Filo in January 1994 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA. | Technology Services |
Digitas, Inc.
 Digitas, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Digitas, Inc. provides digital and interactive marketing services to the Internet-based and e-commerce companies. The company also provides cross-channel communications to clients. Its services include customer acquisition, cross-sell, loyalty, affinity and customer care operations. The company was founded by Robert L. Cosinuk in 1999 and is headquartered in Boston, MA. | Commercial Services |
Worldwide Media Services Group, Inc.
 Worldwide Media Services Group, Inc. Publishing: NewspapersConsumer Services Worldwide Media Services Group, Inc. publishes celebrity journalism and health and fitness magazines. The firm manages 18 different digital sites including RadarOnline.com, OKmagazine.com, CountryWeekly.com, Shape.com, FitPregnancy.com, MensFitness.com, and MuscleandFitness.com. The company was founded by Arthur H. Kernin 1936 and is headquartered in New York, NY. | Consumer Services |
Environmental Defense Fund, Inc.
 Environmental Defense Fund, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Environmental Defense Fund, Inc. operates as a non-profit organization, which works to forge practical solutions that help nature and people prosper sustainably. It launched the Smart Boat Initiative (SBI) which focuses on leveraging the technological advances and plummeting costs in sensors, artificial intelligence, broadband communication and data analytics to equip and surround fishing vessels of all sizes with digital tools and infrastructure that can increase sustainability, accountability, profitability and transparency in fishing. The company was founded by Arthur P. Cooley, Charles F. Wurster and Dennis Puleston in 1967 and is headquartered in New York, NY. | Commercial Services |
UCSF Foundation
UCSF Foundation Investment Trusts/Mutual FundsMiscellaneous The UCSF Foundation promotes and supports the interests and welfare of the University of California San Francisco and the UCSF Medical Center. The UCSF Foundation’s daily operations are administered by a development staff responsible for major gifts, planned giving, corporate and foundation gifts, annual giving, development communications, alumni relations and campus events | Miscellaneous |
| Prostate Cancer Foundation | Miscellaneous |
| American Media Management, Inc. | |
| The Tiburon Peninsula Foundation |
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